Somehow missed the good news .
Picture of the "Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra : 41 BC »(The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra: 41 BC) by Sir Lawrence Alma - Tadema was sold at auction on May 5 of the European art of the XIX century , held by Sotheby's in New York, for $ 29,202,500 . The final price is almost 6 times higher than the highest estimates ( preliminary cost of the painting was estimated at $ 5 million ) .
Two participants in the auction ( both were bidding by telephone ) fought for the painting in 8 minutes , resulting in a price and has risen to such a high mark . " Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra " was the most expensive lot of the auction week in New York and the second at a cost of Alma- Tadema paintings . We recall that in November last year, his painting " Finding of Moses " went for $ 35.9 million
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/.../overview.html